[2] Located on the community's main street, Mill Creek Drive, the hotel and several tourist cabins occupy a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site near the Prospect School and Prospect Store.

The hotel is a short distance from Oregon Route 62, the main highway from Medford to Crater Lake.

[2] Called the Boothby House by its original owner, it was turned into a hotel for people traveling by wagon to Crater Lake in the last decade of the 19th century.

During the first two decades of the 20th century, the hotel evolved into a tourist stop for automobile travelers.

Guests who signed the register included William Jennings Bryan, Zane Grey, Joaquin Miller, and Jack London.